Your Strategic Plan is Ready. Is Your Organization?

Your Strategic Plan is Ready. Is Your Organization?

You and your senior team have agreed on your strategic plan and you are ready to implement. What comes next? Usually the knee-jerk response is to start working on your planned activities. But is your organization truly ready and fully onside? Is everyone on board? Can...
Ready, Able…but Willing?

Ready, Able…but Willing?

When projects are being implemented it becomes very important to track the willingness of people to adopt the resulting changes. If employees are not fully willing, several things can happen: The adoption rate will be low. Project Managers tend to experience this as a...
Stakeholders: How to find out what’s really going on

Stakeholders: How to find out what’s really going on

There is a science and an art to managing change, and especially when it comes to identifying who can trip you up in a project. This activity, known as a stakeholder analysis or assessment, is the first and most important activity when managing change on a project. An...
Starting a project? Do this Second!

Starting a project? Do this Second!

First you have to define your scope, develop your initial project plan, and get your team together. What comes second? Usually the inclination is to start working on your planned project activities. But who are your allies, the ones who will turn your project into...